dust – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dust down sb
Participle: dusted down sb
Gerund: dusting down sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	dust down sb
you	dust down sb
he;she;it	dusts down sb
we	dust down sb
you	dust down sb
they	dust down sb

Perfect

I	have dusted down sb
you	have dusted down sb
he;she;it	has dusted down sb
we	have dusted down sb
you	have dusted down sb
they	have dusted down sb

Past

I	dusted down sb
you	dusted down sb
he;she;it	dusted down sb
we	dusted down sb
you	dusted down sb
they	dusted down sb

Pluperfect

I	had dusted down sb
you	had dusted down sb
he;she;it	had dusted down sb
we	had dusted down sb
you	had dusted down sb
they	had dusted down sb

Future

I	will dust down sb
you	will dust down sb
he;she;it	will dust down sb
we	will dust down sb
you	will dust down sb
they	will dust down sb

Future Perfect

I	will have dusted down sb
you	will have dusted down sb
he;she;it	will have dusted down sb
we	will have dusted down sb
you	will have dusted down sb
they	will have dusted down sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	dust down sb
you	dust down sb
he;she;it	dust down sb
we	dust down sb
you	dust down sb
they	dust down sb

Perfect

I	have dusted down sb
you	have dusted down sb
he;she;it	have dusted down sb
we	have dusted down sb
you	have dusted down sb
they	have dusted down sb

Imperfect

I	dusted down sb
you	dusted down sb
he;she;it	dusted down sb
we	dusted down sb
you	dusted down sb
they	dusted down sb

Pluperfect

I	had dusted down sb
you	had dusted down sb
he;she;it	had dusted down sb
we	had dusted down sb
you	had dusted down sb
they	had dusted down sb

Conditional

Present

I	would dust down sb
you	would dust down sb
he;she;it	would dust down sb
we	would dust down sb
you	would dust down sb
they	would dust down sb

Perfect

I	would have dusted down sb
you	would have dusted down sb
he;she;it	would have dusted down sb
we	would have dusted down sb
you	would have dusted down sb
they	would have dusted down sb

Imperative

you	dust down sb
we	Let's dust down sb
you	dust down sb

Indicative

Present

I	am dusting down sb
you	are dusting down sb
he;she;it	is dusting down sb
we	are dusting down sb
you	are dusting down sb
they	are dusting down sb

Perfect

I	have been dusting down sb
you	have been dusting down sb
he;she;it	has been dusting down sb
we	have been dusting down sb
you	have been dusting down sb
they	have been dusting down sb

Past

I	was dusting down sb
you	were dusting down sb
he;she;it	was dusting down sb
we	were dusting down sb
you	were dusting down sb
they	were dusting down sb

Pluperfect

I	had been dusting down sb
you	had been dusting down sb
he;she;it	had been dusting down sb
we	had been dusting down sb
you	had been dusting down sb
they	had been dusting down sb

Future

I	will be dusting down sb
you	will be dusting down sb
he;she;it	will be dusting down sb
we	will be dusting down sb
you	will be dusting down sb
they	will be dusting down sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been dusting down sb
you	will have been dusting down sb
he;she;it	will have been dusting down sb
we	will have been dusting down sb
you	will have been dusting down sb
they	will have been dusting down sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be dusting down sb
you	would be dusting down sb
he;she;it	would be dusting down sb
we	would be dusting down sb
you	would be dusting down sb
they	would be dusting down sb

Perfect

I	would have been dusting down sb
you	would have been dusting down sb
he;she;it	would have been dusting down sb
we	would have been dusting down sb
you	would have been dusting down sb
they	would have been dusting down sb

Verbs conjugated like 'dust'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'dust'

bust, doust, duct, duet, dunt, dush, dusk, fust, gust, just,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to put to death; to extinguish life.: annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
sprinkle: sift, powder, scatter, spread, shake

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ down something, ~ down somebody, ~ something down, ~ somebody down, ~ yourself down, ~ yourself off,

Etymology

1. O.E. dust, from P.Gmc. *dunstaz, from PIE *dheu- with a sense of "smoke, vapor" (cf. Skt. dhu- "shake," L. fumus "smoke"). The verb means both "to sprinkle with dust" (1592) and "to rid of dust" (1568). Sense of "to kill" is U.S. slang first recorded 1938. Dustbowl in reference to a drought-plagued region of the U.S. Midwest first recorded 1936. Dustup "fight" is from 1897; to dust (someone's) coat was ironical for "to beat (someone) soundly" (1690).
2. From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).
3. Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down. See: Scots 'dust'.

Sample Sentences

[...] sphere of operation and instruction chiefly to her own chamber. With a self-sacrifice which some of our readers will appreciate, she resolved, instead of comfortably making her own bed, sweeping and dusting her own chamber,—which she had hitherto done, in utter scorn of all offers of help from the chambermaid of the establishment,—to condemn herself to the martyrdom of instructing Topsy to perform [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] do the proprieties of Miss Ophelia's chamber in a way with which even that particular lady could find no fault. Mortal hands could not lay spread smoother, adjust pillows more accurately, sweep and dust and arrange more perfectly, than Topsy, when she chose,—but she didn't very often choose. If Miss Ophelia, after three or four days of careful patient supervision, was so sanguine as to suppose that [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)

dust – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dust

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dust'

Verbs similar to 'dust'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences